There are three sets of forces that sidetrack us as we try to implement our plans: I call them forces from within, forces from relationships, and forces from the outside world.
While paying lip service to the idea, will President-elect Obama use his political skills to sidetrack or, more likely, water down this un-American proposal, made easier by Democrats not gaining a filibuster-proof Senate?
The current plan for Blueberry is to come back up the hole and sidetrack again to get around the nonconformity or fault that seems to have not shown up on the seismic data.
New techniques have been developed to "sidetrack" a well when the pipe gets stuck or to control the pressures and temperatures found five miles down into the earth's crust with blow-out preventers and special purpose high-tech drilling rigs.